Terreform ONE

A non-profit design group that promotes smart design in cities. Through our creative projects and outreach efforts, we aim to illuminate the environmental possibilities of New York City and inspire solutions in areas like it around the world.

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Mitchell Joachim is the Co-Founder of Terreform ONE and an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU.
Formerly, he was an architect at the offices of Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei. He is a TED Senior
Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with Moshe Safdie and Martin Society for
Sustainability. He was chosen by Wired magazine for "The Smart List” and selected by Rolling
Stone for “The 100 People Who Are Changing America”. Mitchell won many awards including;
AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, 1st Place International Architecture Award, Victor
Papanek Social Design Award, Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability, History Channel
Infiniti Award for City of the Future, and Time magazine’s Best Invention with MIT Smart Cities
Car. He's featured as “The NOW 99” in Dwell magazine and “50 Under 50 Innovators of the
21st Century" by Images Publishers. He co-authored the books, “Super Cells: Building with
Biology” and “Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned”. His design work has been exhibited at
MoMA and the Venice Biennale. He earned: PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
MAUD Harvard University, MArch Columbia University.